Nepal detains 27 Tibetans in Solukhumbo
Less than a week after China celebrated its national day, a group of 27 Tibetans have fled the country, trying to escape to India. The 25 men and two women crossed into northern Nepal from Tibet
What’s the point?
There was a time when Tibet had a rich flora and fauna. Birds and animals of all kinds flew over and roamed the thick jungles and green pastures and lush meadows of the plateau.
Tibetan Govt-in-exile opposes ‘Miss Tibet’ pageant
Even as hectic preparations were on for the Miss Tibet contest, the Prime Minister and his Minister for Religion and Education of the Tibetan Government-in-exile here today expressed strong reservations about the contest.
Karmapa wishes to take over Rumtek monastery
The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Drodul Thinley Dorje, today publicly expressed his desire, perhaps for the first time, to take over the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, something which the Government of India has until now barred him from.